HUTCHENS v. BECKHAM

Civ. A. No. C 180-182.

521 F.Supp. 426 (1981)

Jan Tillman HUTCHENS a/k/a Jay Mann v. Bob BECKHAM, jointly and individually; Herbert E. Kernaghan, Jr., jointly and individually; Jack B. Mohney, jointly and individually; and Other Unknown Parties, jointly and individually.

United States District Court, S. D. Georgia, Augusta Division.

September 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Paul Batson, Batson & Shurtleff, Augusta, Ga., for plaintiff.

David E. Hudson, Augusta, Ga., for defendant Beckham.

Elizabeth C. Calhoun, Augusta, Ga., for defendant Kernaghan.

Louis Saul, Augusta, Ga., for defendant Mohney.


ORDER

VINING, District Judge.

This action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), which provides a remedy for a person injured by a conspiracy intended to deprive him or a class of persons of the equal protection of the laws. In his complaint, the plaintiff alleges that the defendants conspired to close down his business as publisher of the "West Augusta News" because of his political beliefs. By order of January 20, 1981, the Honorable Anthony...

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